Every day, we hear about the enormous risks to African-American youth – HIV/AIDS, violence, and drugs.

But one of the greatest dangers rarely makes the news. It’s a quiet, continuing threat we repeatedly expose ourselves to. We allow it to needlessly destroy thousands of promising young lives each year.

The sad fact of motor vehicle crashes are:

• In 2003, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for all African-Americans from age 4 through 13.
• Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for African-American males from age 5 through age 13. Motor vehicle crashes were also the leading cause of death for African-American females from age 3 through age 5; age 7; ages 9 through 12; age 16 through 20; and age 25.

Too many African-American children and young adults are killed and injured each year because they didn’t buckle up. Their families and friends are left behind to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.

Safety is just a “click” away…

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